Reading Skills
The central thought in a passage.
What is the main idea?
Chronologically organizes events that occurred during a specific period.
What is a time line?
This word is about inquiry
What is History?
What will happen next on the basis of what already has happened in the text
What is to make a prediction?
Considered one of the one most precious individual rights and responsibilities of a citizen living under a democracy.
What is the right to vote?
looking at both similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or events
What is comparing and contrasting?
A Speeches, lectures, interviews...
What is an oral presentation?
Detectives searching for clues to a puzzle.
How do Historians see themselves?
Envision events or places by drawing maps, making charts, or taking notes about what you are reading.
What is to visualize?
Who lead the American Civil right movement.
Who is Martin Luther Kings Jr.?
Using facts and your own experiences you analyze the reading and form opinions or make judgements about its meaning.
What is drawing conclusions?
an exagerated characteristic of subjects or events in order to convey a specific message, either about politics in particular or society in general.
What is a political cartoon?
Diaries, telegrams, secret memos, tape recordings and computer records that comes to us directly, without being filtered by someone else
What are primary sources?
Pausing occasionally to ask questions and check for meaning.
What is to clarify?
All of your lesson plans have this.
What is a goal?
people, events, or ideas that share something in common and identifying their connection.
What is a generalization?
it is important to look at many sources on the same incident or issue in order to achieve a balanced analysis and avoid a slanted political or religious belief.
What is bias?
Where I stand on an issue verses where you stand on the same issue.
What are perspectives?
What is an active reader?
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because, so, since, due to, as a result of, the reason for, therefore, brought about, led to, thus, consequently
What are words cause and effect key words?
You can learn how a past event may influence a current event and eventually lead to a future outcome.
What are sequence of events?
*Consider the age of the interpretation and its relevance to the material.
*Assess the level of bias in the interpretation.
*Determine the credibility of the interpretation,
Evaluating Historical interpretation?
Asking questions, reviewing sources, weighing opinions, identifying point of view, reading for perspective, attention to details and thinking critically...
What is reading like a historian?
A reader who predicts, questions, summarizes, connects, clarify and visualize the text.
What is an active reader?
BONUS QUESTION: BETTER GET THIS RIGHT:
tall, dark, handsome, funny, amazingly smart, cool, smile, best Social Studies teacher ever.
Who is Mr. Etienne?